Leighann Pomplas is charged with animal cruelty, but she told Channel 11's Melanie Marsalko she didn't do anything wrong.

"I mean, he was only out for approximately, like, three hours and I came back out and I had a gallon of water to give him more water and I thought he was laying down and I walked over and he was dead," she said.

People who live nearby told police it was closer to seven hours that the dog was left outside in the heat.